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South Korean electronics giant Samsung has officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Spica I5700, a new Android smartphone packing a fast processor, big screen, high-resolution camera, and Google’s Android mobile operating system.
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It’s a suitcase-sized satellite that specializes in staring at stars for weeks on end–something that is not practical with big ground-based telescopes. And because it’s in space MOST doesn’t have to stop when the sun ... The tiny MOST telescope comes up big on Spica. (Univeristy of British Columbia/MOST team)
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Such is the case this week with the revelation that Spica, one of the best-known stars in the night sky, is an eclipsing binary. Every 4.0145 days one of the two separate stars that makes up this system crosses in front of the other, blocking a portion of its light. ... The tiny MOST telescope comes up big on Spica.
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This part of the high Kanin ridge finishes actually with more peaks, but on this page I shall describe only Velika (Big) Cernelska spica / Cima Confine, 2332m, and its immediate NE neighbour Mala (Small) Cernelska spica, 2273m. The small one has another Slovenian name: Spicek ('Shpychec').
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The Big Dipper can help you locate four stars of a very bright magnitude. These first magnitude stars are Arcturus, Spica, Regulus, and a ? star ?.They all shine bright in the springtime night sky. ... Navigating with the Big Dipper ... Locating Arcturus, Spica, and Leo's Heart and Tail Stars...
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From midnorthern latitudes on spring evenings, the Big Dipper, Boötes, and Virgo can be found high in the sky from the northeast to southeast. Follow the red arrows from the Dipper's handle to "arc to Arcturus" and the kite-shape of Boötes, and then proceed to "speed to Spica" in Virgo.
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GREAT BIG DIPPER DISHES OUT SURPRISES; Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News ; ... Follow the Big Dipper to find Spica and Arcturus; Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA ;
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